From time to time when I drive the sport auto in my usual full manual mode, the auto stays in 2nd gear when i come to a complete stop. Yes, virtually always, it drops to 1st, but every so often it' ll remain in 2nd. Which begs the question, could there a trick to keep the tranny in 2nd when coming to a stop at say a red light or a slow rolling stop...

From time to time when I drive the sport auto in my usual full manual mode, the auto stays in 2nd gear when i come to a complete stop. Yes, virtually always, it drops to 1st, but every so often it' ll remain in 2nd. Which begs the question, could there a trick to keep the tranny in 2nd when coming to a stop at say a red light or a slow rolling stop...

I pay close attention to this as well, but my F30 with Sport Auto always drops to 1st gear when I dip below 3 mph.

The loaner E90 Msport I currently have only drops down to 2nd gear at complete stops. It is a Sport Auto transmission as well. To ever get it back to 1st gear I have to shift it manually.